Sale 6673
London
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11 April 2002
Price realised
GBP 2,938
Estimate
Dutch School, mid-18th Century Men-o'-war in a shipyard with inscription 'L.B.' black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, watermark Arms of Amsterdam with countermark 'cvms/fin/perigord/1742' (cf. Churchill 56) 242 x 414 mm.
Provenance
W. Esdaile (L. 2617), his attribution 'Backhuysen'; and inscription '1834 WE 100X'. Lionel Lucas (L. 1733a). Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 30 November 1987, lot 156 (to Dreesmann). Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-123).
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